The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 136: A Bit of a Hiatus. Kyle & Ben have been missing in action for a few months! Jobs, families and frankly, a lack of motivation got in the way of bringing you the episodes of The BeerEDU Podcast that you love! But we are back, at least for this week! Have any feedback or suggestions for Kyle and Ben? Want them to talk …

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 135: Instructional Coaching with Ashley Hubner. Kyle & Ben are joined by Ashley Hubner (@ashley_hubner & @coaching_access) to chat about transitioning from elementary to instructional coaching and curriculum lead, adjusting to writing curriculum in a subject in which she was not strong, the importance of instructional co…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 134: Becoming the Change with Dan Wolfe. Kyle & Ben are joined by Dan Wolfe (@ServLeadInspire) to chat about social-emotional learning (SEL), taking a step back in order to move forward, his podcast, blog, and book, Becoming the Change, and much more! Check out the shownotes for this episode at www.beeredupodcast.com. Ha…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 133: Back to Normal? with Kyle & Ben. Kyle & Ben chat for the first time in a while about the new school year, a month and a half in, and discuss whether things are somewhat back to normal or if the previous few years of uncertainty is still taking its toll. Check out the shownotes for this episode at www.beeredupodcast.…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 132: Blending & Flipping PBL with Steve Martinez. Kyle & Ben are joined by Steve Martinez (@martinez_edtech) to talk about blending and flipping a classroom, how you don't have to create everything when flipping your classroom, incorporating more project-based learning when flipping, and his upcoming venture working with…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 131: Brains Racers with Gianender Khanna. Kyle & Ben are joined by Gianender Khanna to chat about his journey not as an educator, but as an engineer, that led him to creating some apps, creating some games, hosting some social media game shows, and eventually creating Brain Racers, a eSports style academic gaming platfor…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 130: A Cog in the Machine with Casey Jakubowski. Kyle & Ben are joined by Casey Jakubowski (@caseyj_edu) for a second time to chat about his latest book, A Cog in the Machine, available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and through Edumatch Publishing! They chat about the story behind the book, how it connects to Casey's first …

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 129: End of the Year with Ben & Kyle. Kyle & Ben take some time to wrap up the 2021-2022 school year but not talking much about it! Instead, they talk a little bit about plans for the summer, Kyle's new position starting in the fall, and a little more about taking care of themselves instead of the insanity of the past co…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 128: Canvas LMS with Dani Cuni & Andrea Earl. Kyle & Ben joined by Dana Cuni (@dana_cuni) & Andrea Earl (@thedigitalteach) to chat about Canvas, a learning management system used by K-12 schools and higher education institutions around the world as a way to build curriculum, curate resources, provide assignments, assesse…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 127: Race, Schools & White Educators. Kyle & Ben joined by Heather Case, Charles Cammack, and Reginald Ryder for a great conversation about the impact of race on K12 school, college admissions, their work together to build relationships and have conversations about how white educators can help historically underserved po…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 126 Foreign Language, STEAM, & Edtech with Rachelle Dene Poth. Kyle & Ben joined by Rachelle Dene Poth to chat about how going to law school has influenced and improved her teaching career, how she started out as a French and Spanish teacher but then was tasked with teaching STEAM, how she incorporates STEAM into her for…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 125: Live & In-Person with Ben & Kyle. Kyle & Ben are back together in-person for the first time in nearly two years! They are joined by a fantastic educator and Ben's wife, Ann Marie Dickson, for a great conversation about being back together in person, restorative practices, alternative ways to complete school, and the…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 124: Self-Directed Learning with Greg Mullen. Kyle & Ben are joined by Greg Mullen (@etc_app) for an incredible conversation about standards-based grading, shifting a traditional classroom from traditional grading scales to standards-based assessment, connecting social-emotional learning to academic success, and much mor…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 123: Bringing History & Civics to Life with Lucy Kirchhoff & Karalee Wong-Nakatsuka. Kyle & Ben are joined by Lucy Kirchhoff (@lucykirchh) for a second time along with her co-author and friend, Karalee Wong-Nakatsuka (@historyfrog) to talk about their upcoming book, Bring History & Civics to Life! They talk about how the…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 122: Stirring the Pot Again with Kristina Mattis Part II. Kyle & Ben are joined by Kristina Mattis (@kristinamattis) for the fifth time (!!!) in a continuation of our conversation in Episode 121. In this episode, topics include educational conferences, equity in access to conference attendence, presenting at conferences,…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 121: Stirring the Pot Again with Kristina Mattis. Kyle & Ben are joined by Kristina Mattis (@kristinamattis) for the fourth time (!!!) about her shift from working for a school district to a private educational technology company, why it is important to take risks, decision making in the "adulting" process of changing ca…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 120: This & That In A Nutshell with Matthew Rhoads. Kyle & Ben chat with Matthew Rhoads (@mattrhoads1990) about his journey as a special education teacher across many subject areas, his shift to mentoring student teachers after earning his doctorate in education, the work he does with adult education in the Greater San D…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 119: Educational Equity with Philp Cutler. Kyle & Ben chat with Philip Cutler (@pacutler) about his work as an educator and realizing the severe inequities in his classroom, throwing caution to the wind and leaving education, and co-founding a start-up called Paper, an international company that specializes in tutoring s…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 118: Grading & Assessment with David Frangiosa. Kyle & Ben chat with David Frangiosa (@DavidFrangiosa) about shifting from current models of assessment and grading to a gradeless approach, the impact on student engagement and learning, and how to shift your classroom to a gradeless model. Check out the shownotes for this…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 117: Goodbye 2021, Hello 2022! Kyle & Ben fly solo on this episode to talk about the year that was 2021, chatting about how it wasn't much different than 2020 and was much harder in many aspects, so to break up the Groundhog Day like monotony, they talk about new routines and hobbies, the shows, events, and travels they …

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 116: Great Teaching by Design with Vince Bustamante. Kyle & Ben chat with Vince Bustamante (@VinceBusta) about the public and Catholic school systems of Alberta, his role for his Catholic district in Edmonton, the writing of two books that came out on the same day, his educational consulting business, and much, much more…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 115: Distance by Choice with Ryan Tibbens. Kyle & Ben chat with Ryan Tibbens (@ClassCastPod) about his choice to teach online after COVID teaching, the amount of work that goes into planning lessons in a fully online environment, how it is different when students are taking classes online by choice, and much, much more! …

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 114: Nevada Day & Halloween. Kyle & Ben chat solo this time around about the anniversary of Nevada's statehood, better known as Nevada Day, that falls on Halloween (October 31, 1864), the continued struggles for teachers and students during the current school year, the rise in the number of teacher sick days used as a re…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 113: Building Confidence with Kevin Leichtman. Kyle & Ben chat with Kevin Leichtman (@KevinLeichtman) about his journey from a high school to student to leaving college twice before becoming an educator, his first job as an educator in a classroom that had several teachers in the first half of the year, his pathway to ea…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 112: Educational Therapy with Marisa Thompson Part II. Kyle & Ben continue their chat with Marisa Thompson (@MarisaEThompson) about taking care of oneself, the state of education in relation to social and political strife, and much, much more! This is the second part of two episodes with Marisa! Check out the shownotes f…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 111: Educational Therapy with Marisa Thompson Part I. Kyle & Ben chat with Marisa Thompson (@MarisaEThompson) about how she shifted from wanting to become a dolphin trainer at SeaWorld to an educator, the trials and tribulations of teaching that almost drove her from the profession, and what she is doing now to inspire o…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 110: Welcome to the Pandemic Sh**show! . Kyle & Ben chat with one another about going back to school in the middle of a pandemic (again?), the struggles that each are facing going back to in-person instruction, and the importance of pushing through while taking care of oneself. Check out the shownotes for this episode at…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 109: Digital Citizenship & Media Literacy with Lucy Aguilar-Kirchhoff. Kyle & Ben chat with Lucy Aguilar-Kirchhoff about the difference between digital citizenship and media literacy, the importance of both in our schools, and what each look like in our current social and political environment, as well as the impact of C…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 108: Tech Maverick with Mike Lawrence. Kyle & Ben chat with Mike Lawrence (@techmaverick) about his journey from teacher to administrator, from his work with CUE to consultancy, to his current position with Jamf, how sitcoms like Seinfeld are a lot like Shakespeare and how he was able to convince students that Shakespear…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 107: Ready Learner One with Jesse Lubinsky. Kyle & Ben chat with Jesse Lubinsky (@jlubinsky) about the return to in-person professional development but the need for virtual, synchronous, and asynchronous options, an amazing online conference that will be happening from July 14-28, 2021 called ChangeMaker 2021, how studen…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 106: Tech With Heart with Stacey Roshan. Kyle & Ben chat with Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) about the awesome oriigin story behind her Twitter handle, her journey from math teacher to director of innovation and educational technology, how she flipped her classroom in 2010 before flipped classrooms were really "a thing," her b…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 105: Winding Down with Ben & Kyle. Ben & Kyle reflect back on the 2020-2021 school year, look ahead a bit to the 2021-2022 school year, emphasize the importance of taking some time off and unwinding a bit during the summer break, and talk about a whole lot of nothing! Check out the shownotes for this episode at www.beere…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 104: Culturally Responsive Teaching with Zack Logan. Kyle & Ben chat with Zack Logan (@ZackLogan32) about his role as a social studies teacher in an alternative high school, the different examples of what defines an alternative high school, the importance of recognizing trauma and teaching students with trauma in mind, h…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 103: School Sports with Nick Deforest. Kyle & Ben chat with Nick DeForest (@Nick_AISVienna) about his journey from high school and college baseball player to teacher and athletic director at the American International School in Vienna, Austria, how sports in North American schools and youth sports in Europe differ, creat…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 102: Alternative Licensure with Kerry Graham. Kyle & Ben chat with Kerry Graham (@mskerrygraham) about her non-traditional path to education through an alternative licensing program, why she believes that alternative licensing programs should be abolished or vastly improved, and how education should be improved to preven…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 101: Survive & Thrive with Andrew Marotta. Kyle & Ben chat with Andrew Marotta (@andrewmarotta21) about growing up and teaching in New York City, moving to a small town a couple of hours away with one stoplight, how officiating Division 1 college basketball has helped him become a better educator and administrator, how s…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 100: The BeerEDU 100th Episode Extravaganza! Kyle & Ben are celebrating the 100th episode of The BeerEDU Podcast! Join Kyle & Ben as they chat with Kristina Mattis (@kristinamattis and previous guest from Episode 009 and Episode 050) and Joe Marquez (@joemarquez70 and previous guest from Episode 073 and from Episode 038,…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 099: Creative Assessments with Batsheva Frankel. Kyle & Ben chat with Batsheva Frankel (@BatshevaFrankel) about the importance of getting away from multiple choice tests, project-based learning, her book, The Jewish Educator's Companion, and her podcast, Overthrowing Education. Check out the shownotes for this episode at…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 098: Purpose & Balance with Mike Brilla. Kyle & Ben chat with Mike Brilla (@Mr_Brilla) about the usefulness of podcasts, Voxer and Twitter chats, how getting away from them has helped balance life and work, how coaching sports is very similar to coaching educators as a technology TOSA, and how a sense of purpose as an ed…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 097: Leadership with Darrin Peppard. Kyle & Ben chat with Darrin Peppard (@DarrinMPeppard) about his journey from a high school teacher in Arizona to a principal in Wyoming to his current role as a superintendent in Colorado, how a caring leader inspired him to become an educational leader, how his experiences led him to…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 096: Breaking Code with Daphne McMenemy. Kyle & Ben chat with Daphne McMenemy (@McMenemyTweets) about her role as a K2 educator, how having the same students for multiple years has helped her during the pandemic, teaching coding to littles during the pandemic and remotely, her Gracie children books, and her role with Cod…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 095: A Little of Everything with Lainie Rowell. Kyle & Ben chat with Lainie Rowell (@LainieRowell) about her journey in 23 years of education, the process of being a TED Talk speaker, how the dynamics of social media for professional development have changed, and what she hopes educators and society have learned and can …

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 094: Restorative Practices with Stephen Whitmer. Kyle & Ben chat with Stephen Whitmer (@WhitmerSPED) about his work with restorative practices in his schools, how it has changed due to school shutdowns, the value of restorative practices for students with special needs and those without, and how the circle of courage gui…

The BeerEDU Podcast BONUS Episode: The Dangers of White Nationalism with Will Houk. Kyle & Ben chat with Will Houk about the events of January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC, the warning signs leading up to the insurrection, how white nationalism has permeated American history, how white nationalist groups are recruiting young men for their ranks, and r…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 093: Climate & Culture with Hans Appel. Kyle & Ben chat with Hans Appel (@HansNAppel) about his work as a middle school counselor for 20 years, his book, Award Winning Culture, his work with the Teach Better team, and they toss around some ideas as to why educators may be hesitant to change their ways and how they hope t…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 092: Good Riddance 2020! with The Punk Rock Classrooms Podcast. Kyle & Ben chat again with Josh Buckley (@JoshRBuckley) & Mike Earnshaw (@MikeREarnshaw) of the Punk Rock Classrooms Podcast (@PunkClassrooms) to share a beer and reflect on 2020, but rather than focusing on the negatives, the focus is on the positives and l…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 091: Second Careers with Laurie & Matt Jones. Kyle & Ben chat with Laurie & Matt Jones (@teachrsaveswrld) about their careers in the music industry prior to education, moving back and forth between Hawai'i and California working in public and private schools, and how their podcast and books have helped them connect with …

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 090: Trust Based Observations with Craig Randall. Kyle & Ben chat with Craig Randall (@TrustbasedCraig) about his work as a school counselor turned college basketball coach turned international teacher turned school administrator, what he believes is wrong with the current system of teacher evaluation, and his book, Trus…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 089: Science from a Distance with Kim Calderon. Kyle & Ben chat with Kim Calderon (@CrazySciTeach) about Science Olympiad, Science Fair, Lego robotics, how she is teaching science in a distance model, how to teach science with other subject areas, and she talks about the suitcase solar pack! Check out the shownotes for t…

The BeerEDU Podcast Episode 088: International Teaching with Ryan Sagare. Kyle & Ben chat with Ryan Sagare (@ryansagare) about his experience as a teaching in international schools in Colombia, Brazil, and Portugal, how one can get into international teaching and the amazing experiences that international teaching can bring, and the idea behind Sch…